#VU26295 Out-of-bounds read in HDF5 - CVE-2020-10811
Published: March 22, 2020 / Updated: March 9, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU26295
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-10811
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
HDF5
HDF5
Software vendor:
HDF Group
HDF Group
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition in the H5O__layout_decode() function in H5Olayout.c. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application, trigger out-of-bounds read error and read contents of memory on the system or perform a denial of service attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.